Transforming the national body: choreopolitics and disability in contemporary Cambodian dance

This article analyses how dance traces geographies of nation and national identity. Focusing on contemporary dance in Cambodia, particularly in relation to disability, it examines how some dancers are shifting the constitution of the national ‘body’. The article extends geographical exchanges with d...

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Published in:Cultural geographies 2020-10, Vol.27 (4), p.527-543
Main Author: Rogers, Amanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dance
Dancers
Disability
National identity
People with disabilities
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Summary:This article analyses how dance traces geographies of nation and national identity. Focusing on contemporary dance in Cambodia, particularly in relation to disability, it examines how some dancers are shifting the constitution of the national ‘body’. The article extends geographical exchanges with dance studies by drawing upon the concept of choreopolitics and analysing how it produces variegated enactments of nationality. In the process, the article works across different approaches to the study of nations and extends our understanding of how the nation is a performed entity.
ISSN:1474-4740
1477-0881
DOI:10.1177/1474474019892000